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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1901
Page
6
The Jacksonville relief committee reports ten thousand homeless to be housed and cared for ten days after disaster. Debris clearance sanitation and order are priorities as the city seeks aid beyond its own resources. The appeal stresses not begging but inability to cope alone and asks for support.
A harsh account describes heavy war devastation in South Africa under Kitchener's policy. Noncombatants suffer under reconcentration, farms burned, and a harsh winter predicted. The piece links brutality to political consequences for Britain and Ireland and warns of lasting moral impact.
The Massachusetts House approves by 102 to 63 a bill authorizing cities and towns to establish and maintain gas and electric lighting plants for public use. The measure would allow municipal lighting of streets and buildings, with conditions, while private firms may still operate in other contexts.
The article discusses a proposed indemnity of 337 million dollars for China, funded by a thirty year levy of 11 million annually from salt tax, customs, and inland duties. It examines feasibility, fiscal impact on revenue, and potential tariff increases while noting the shift from silver to a gold standard.
A fragment notes the lump becoming clearer as sighting progresses. The text implies a visible change, suggesting growing certainty about the lump’s presence or significance. The source lacks additional context such as location, person, or event details.
A discussion contrasts Massachusetts and New York jury selection methods. Judge William J. Gaynor criticizes New York’s interrogation of jurors as onerous and unhelpful, claiming trials in this state are fairer and fewer convictions overturned on appeal. The piece endorses Massachusetts procedures as superior.
John Craig, the actor, draws curious crowds in Boston as fans glimpse him near the park. A Boston shooting gallery spectacle ends quickly when the staff objects to rifle practice. A glossy girdle anecdote prompts playful estimates of Miss Lawrence's waist. Boston artists and planners discuss portraits, public garden attendance hits 112,526, and Franklin Park prepares fifty tennis courts with Mrs. Maguire supervising.
A fragment from a Chicago Record-Herald poem about unrequited love. The speaker laments a beloved who loves another and longs for eyes to see the one she loves. The refrain What fools these lovelorn mortals be echoes through lines about desire and misfortune.
The Internal Channel Buttonhole Machine of New York City was incorporated today with capital of $100,000. Boston doctor Wheeler and D New Lie City are among the named parties in the terse filing.
Miss Clarksons rings vanish at the Tidlewild hotel in Williamstown. Detective Richard Keville and Joe track the culprit, arrest Miss Deam after a hotel search and a disguised suspect is exposed. rings recovered and lessons learned.
In Chicago a burglar surprised by a resident in a white robe faces a revolver and is forced to eat the household strawberry shortcake. The intruder is expelled through a pantry window as the householder returns to bed. Ferguson reflects on the justice of the act.
The quoted exchange features Mrs Weeds asking why a widow cannot be married and Mr Tweeds claiming to make a woman a No 1 husband. The May Smart Set style line delivers its joke with theatrical brevity.
The fragment lists meals for breakfast lunch and supper with repeated notes on coffee frappe and beaten biscuits. It includes a rough recipe for frappe and biscuits, a stray note on cold water and boiling water, and ends with an address line for Mrs M A Smith at 792 Westic? street.
Fragmentary OCR reads about a guest described as a battler and a president, with garbled names and places. The text mentions a wine moment and discussions of a candidate or leader, but details and identities are obscured.
An electric car on the Haverhill Merrimac and Amesbury street railway derailed near Reynolds Hills with twenty passengers hurt, some seriously. Motorman Temple and Conductor Smith survived with minor injuries as rails reportedly spread.
The Goon Dong Chin Sheung and 800 Hua Yin trio appeared before U S Commissioner Hale and the hearing was continued to May 24. They allegedly persuaded Ong Ting and Chin Kiu to travel to Vermont on March 15 to impersonate two deported Celestials so the men could obtain government transport back to China.
Jordan Marsh announces a Housefurnishing Annex offering a wide range of items in various qualities at moderate prices. The ad highlights affordable choices for home furnishings.
New importation of French cretonnes and exclusive designs offered at bargain prices in America. Including imported French dimity and English cretonies, assorted colors and floral patterns, with yard prices from 15 to 50 cents and special values on Hungarian cloths and Japanese screens. Local shop promotes limited stock and discount pricing.
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